Natural Gas: Chinese Oilmen Brand Big Uncovering Inwards Russian Arctic Waters

From the "U.S. Navy Releases Proposal Request for Coast Guard’s New Heavy Polar Icebreaker"

If the U.S. were serious the request-for-proposal would last for vi ships as well as they would accept been started 5 to 10 years ago.

China, a non-polar acre already has a small-scale fleet of lite as well as medium icebreakers as well as is rumored to accept plans for a novel medium amongst a 3-3.5 meter-thick-ice capability every bit a stepping-stone to a twain heavy icebreakers yesteryear the mid-to-late 2020's. They are serious nearly their Polar Silk Road.*